Colleyville Heritage out done on road by Texarkana Texas in state-ranked battle
Texarkana Texas took advantage of a few Colleyville Heritage miscues and turned a close game into a 48-23 rout on Friday as it reeled off 21 straight points to break open a 14-14 tie.
Both teams went three-and-out on their initial drives, but it was all fireworks after that as each team traded barbs in a back-and-forth first quarter. Texas High took an early, 7-0 lead when Xavier Daingerfield hauled in a 17-yard touchdown pass from Cody Reese.
Colleyville Heritage (1-1) immediately tied the game on its next possession when 3-star Princeton commit Weston Smith found a streaking Kai Pruitt for a 76-yard score to knot things up, 7-7.
Heritage, No. 7 in the Class 5A D2 state rankings, appeared for an instant to catch a break when the Panthers jarred the ball away from Brandon Hall at the Texas High 25-yard line, but Daingerfield bailed him out by scooping up the ball and outracing everyone for a 75-yard touchdown.
Smith, No. 14 in the Star-Telegram Top 100, went 8 of 14 for 200 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions.
Colleyville Heritage once again wasted no time in tying up the score as Smith tossed a long pass down the side that hit Pruitt in stride for a 73-yard touchdown to tie the game, 14-14 with 2:33 left in the first quarter.
Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Panthers would get as they turned the ball over three times on their next four possessions. Meanwhile, the Tigers (1-1), No. 10 in 5A D2, pushed their lead to 21-14 when Reese hit Hall on a 27-yard scoring strike to the corner. The same duo hooked up again for a 21- yard touchdown later in the quarter to give the Tigers a 27-14 lead.
Heritage inserted backup quarterback Luke Ullrich in the second half and he delivered with a 52-yard touchdown run to trim the deficit to 34-23, midway through the third quarter, but Texas High put the game out of reach with a pair of rushing touchdowns by Tadarian Ball and Javari Johnson.
Ryan Kelleher led the Heritage rushing attack with 46 yards on 11 carries. Pruitt had 153 yards on three catches.